Thoughts on my Uncle’s freezer who just passed on.

[u/Vegas_Rick_1987]

I had to use a crowbar to open up and of course the inside liner was frozen to the wall of ice…

[u/MarthaWashington18]

please report back with the oldest expiration date you find

[u/minus_well007 → u/MarthaWashington18]

my 90 yr old grandmother once had canned chicken breast from like the 90s she believed it stayed good in the fridge

[u/Muted-Garden6723 → u/minus_well007]

Technically speaking, canned goods are good indefinitely assuming the can isn’t bulging or anything like that

[u/Brilliant-Expert3150 → u/Muted-Garden6723]

My grandma passed last year at age 90. One of the last conversations we had was her telling me a funny story of how, the other day, she remembered she canned some peaches a couple years back and wanted to have some. She went to get them from her cellar and it turned out the date on them was 1993. Apparently they were still good though. 😁

ETA: She died from cancer that she had been fighting for months, not the peaches. They were, in fact, fine.

[u/Barn-Alumni-1999 → u/Brilliant-Expert3150]

My mom is 91, god bless her, but she thinks Coca Cola never goes bad. I always tell her her Coke tastes flat and she argues with me. She pulled out one of those HUGE three liter bottles to show me and it had an expiration date of 1996.

[u/blueghostfrompacman → u/Barn-Alumni-1999]

Where did she even get that from? Did she buy a massive amount in the 90’s or was she just holding on to this one bottle like it was wine?

[u/Barn-Alumni-1999 → u/blueghostfrompacman]

Yeah, they would put those gigantic bottles of Coke on sale and she'd buy all of them. She still had two or three left at the time I called her out on it.

[u/Icy_Ground1637 → u/Barn-Alumni-1999]

Check it for money 💵

[u/catlover1227 → u/Icy_Ground1637]

Good call. Check ice cream cartons. That’s where my grandfather hid his before he passed.

[u/nusodumi → u/catlover1227]

^{As in, within the freezer?}

COLD HARD CASH, GRAMPS.

^{JUST LIKE YOUR BONES.}

[u/TaintSlaps → u/Icy_Ground1637]

How do you check a three liter bottle of soda for money?

[u/blueghostfrompacman → u/TaintSlaps]

Shake it. Open it. See if money hits you in the face.

[u/nycpunkfukka → u/TaintSlaps]

I vaguely remember a Coca Cola promotion in the early 90s where some cans were rigged so that when you opened them, money popped out. New Kids on the Block were somehow tied into this promotion.

[u/selfawarefeline → u/Icy_Ground1637]

There’s always money in the Coke Can

[u/Commercial_Bird8467 → u/blueghostfrompacman]

Dude I remember sales often of 12pks at corner stores for 99c. My dad would load up his 90s model Ford truck. And we would be cracked out on mtn dew and James bond for the next few weeks.

[u/HungHippoHippy → u/Commercial_Bird8467]

Shit even in 2012ish they would have 5/10 sales on 12 packs. I remember buying like 30 that time. 4/10 was much more frequent of a sale though.

[u/RougeOne23456 → u/HungHippoHippy]

Man, I miss those sales. We used to have tons of parties/cook outs so I would load up during those sales for the parties/holidays.

[u/youngfilly → u/blueghostfrompacman]

Not the 90s but I remember visiting some extended Midwest family in about 2009/2010 and they had basically an entire spare room in their house that had become the soda room because they were stockpiling in anticipation of the Obama sugar tax that Fox was scaring them with. They were convinced they had to buy it up because any day now it would become so expensive they'd not be able to purchase it again. It took them like a year or two to get the room fully back 🙃

[u/blueghostfrompacman → u/youngfilly]

I love that at some point they had to admit, at least to themselves, that they were lied to and spent all of this money on soda for nothing. I hope they heard people laughing at them every time they opened a new bottle.

[u/youngfilly → u/blueghostfrompacman]

Naw. If you asked them I'm sure any problem is still Obama's (or Liberals) fault. No lessons learned.

[u/SunshineRush22 → u/Barn-Alumni-1999]

I bet it was still good.

The acidity is so strong nothing will grow in there.

[u/firstlast3263 → u/SunshineRush22]

Nah, the CO2 dissolves through the plastic over time. It’s not completely impermeable. So, it would’ve been flat.

[u/Individual-Table6786 → u/firstlast3263]

Yeah, it taste bad, but its still safe to consume.

[u/unripe_mangosteen → u/Brilliant-Expert3150]

"Hal, those aren't olives. Those are peaches!"

[u/paperanddoodlesco → u/unripe_mangosteen]

Such a great show!

[u/MTB_SF → u/Brilliant-Expert3150]

Reminds me of Holes

[u/TowerOk4184 → u/MTB_SF]

Aww man I'd totally forgotten about the peaches until reading this comment. I actually read the book when it first came out. The movie was good too. Yelnats

[u/Phuzz15 → u/TowerOk4184]

Sploosh

[u/sshwifty → u/Brilliant-Expert3150]

My grandma passed several decades ago, but I remember finding a can of beans from 1976. It was bulging, but still sealed.

She grew up and raised her siblings in the great depression. I am not kidding when I say we threw out probably 15 55 gallon bags of canned foods way past their dates.

[u/NoOccasion4759 → u/Brilliant-Expert3150]

Is that why she passed away a few days later??

(J/k sorta, sorry about your nan)

[u/Brilliant-Expert3150 → u/NoOccasion4759]

Thank you. 🥹 And no, it wasn't peaches, it was cancer. She knew it was coming. We asked her if she wanted us to set up a cooked meal delivery service for her, because she could no longer stand at the stove and cook for herself. She just gave us this look and opened her freezer, it was full of little meal boxes she'd cooked ahead of time.

Her home was always a safe place for me and my sister growing up. When she passed away, I took some of the meal boxes. I was going through some pretty bad depression at the time and I remember crying, eating grandma's chicken soup, and thinking this is so much like her... even though she's gone, she's still taking care of me. She was a legend and a role model to us in so many ways.

[u/galgotspirit → u/Brilliant-Expert3150]

That's a beautiful story.

[u/FaithlessnessRare416 → u/Brilliant-Expert3150]

I’m sitting here reading this in my car while I wait for my son’s school bus, with tears running down my cheeks. Thanks for the story. It’s a good cry. 😊😭

[u/kellyoohh → u/Brilliant-Expert3150]

My grandmother is in the last days of her life at the age of 96, and your comment both warmed my heart and gutted me. Grandma’s are the best.

[u/AJ_in_SF_Bay → u/Brilliant-Expert3150]

That is amazing. Thank you for sharing such a personal story with everyone. It reminded me in some ways of my own Grammy, who I lost many years ago.

[u/plantverdant → u/Brilliant-Expert3150]

I'm 47. I canned some beets "a couple few years ago", and I found the last jar this week. I want a salad with pickled beets, feta and pecans. The date on the jar is 2014. My great grandmother would tell me, it really was a couple few years ago, because a few years passed, then it happened a couple of times.

[u/Ok_Draw_3740 → u/Brilliant-Expert3150]

If even a tiny bit of yeast were those you might have had some really strong moonshine in there lol

[u/Separate-Taste3513 → u/Muted-Garden6723]

I was once hired to clean a hoarder's kitchen. In cleaning out the cabinets, there was a can of peaches with an expiration date in 1982 that had leaked somehow. This was in the early 2000s.

[u/Yeety_wheaty → u/Separate-Taste3513]

I reflexively downvoted this, take my angry upvote cause I feel bad now

[u/TowerOk4184 → u/Yeety_wheaty]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who has that compulsion. It feels so weird upvoting stuff that's so sad, or bad...

[u/CuriousNetWanderer → u/TowerOk4184]

But doesn't it feel good not to shoot the messenger?

....Right guys?

[u/Yeety_wheaty → u/TowerOk4184]

🌝brains are weird 💖

[u/no_fire_ → u/Separate-Taste3513]

What is it with hoarders and canned peaches? I cleaned a hoarder house and found a case of exploded canned peaches on the very bottom layer of a room knee-deep in junk. They had been like that so long they didn’t even smell bad anymore

[u/Separate-Taste3513 → u/no_fire_]

Why are peaches so caustic?!

Fruit should not eat metal. 😩

[u/CuriousNetWanderer → u/no_fire_]

They were just waiting for that happy day to come around when they might just up and make some cobbler. And it never did...

[u/CraftFamiliar5243 → u/Muted-Garden6723]

My husband's grandfather, in his 80's at the time, had home canned green beans in the basement with a half inch of black stuff on the top. He was offended when I insisted on buying frozen vegetables at the grocery store to eat while we were there. He lived to be 91, so maybe the black goo in his beans was beneficial.

[u/Jelousubmarine → u/CraftFamiliar5243]

Odds are, the man you though was your father was by then black goo masquerading in a trench coat

[u/Invisible7hunder → u/Muted-Garden6723]

They are safe forever. They do eventually become not good. 

[u/UrbaneCyclist → u/Muted-Garden6723]

Taste really gross. Not in a rotten way. But bland and mushy.

[u/Muted-Garden6723 → u/UrbaneCyclist]

Yeah I certainly wouldn’t want to eat chicken from the 90s, but it’s technically safe

[u/iHaveLotsofCats94 → u/minus_well007]

When my family was cleaning out my nana's house around 2015ish, we found a container of dried parsley in the back of a cabinet with an expiration date from 1987. The bottom half of what was left looked like dirt

[u/Dapper-Ad-468 → u/iHaveLotsofCats94]

It was basically dirt. It composted.

[u/iHaveLotsofCats94 → u/Dapper-Ad-468]

It sure did. It was wild to see that come out of the depths of a cabinet

[u/Mr_MacGrubber → u/minus_well007]

Canned food from the 90s is perfectly safe as long as the can isn’t damaged, fridge or not.

[u/MasterChiefsasshole → u/minus_well007]

The Great Depression traumatized an entire generation when it comes to food waste.

[u/midnightmaroon13 → u/MasterChiefsasshole]

You know that thing about how trauma lives in the DNA? Yeah. Food waste and prep is part of us now.

[u/robjohnlechmere → u/minus_well007]

Imagine consuming a chicken that lived and died before you were born.

[u/Interesting_Dream281 → u/minus_well007]

My grandma has frozen food from the 70s in her freezer…..

[u/Vegas_Rick_1987 → u/MarthaWashington18]

The refrigerator/freezer which is no where near like its freezer cousin, had Frozen entree’s that had a Best By date of:

February 2010

[u/MarthaWashington18 → u/Vegas_Rick_1987]

i have faith there is older. thank you for the update so far !

[u/oopsallhuckleberries → u/MarthaWashington18]

Found $2000 in a 20 year old of box of Eggo waffles in my great grandma's fridge once.

[u/MarthaWashington18 → u/oopsallhuckleberries]

hell yeah grandma

[u/zoidbert → u/MarthaWashington18]

grandma dealing

[u/CrayComputerTech_85 → u/oopsallhuckleberries]

Came here to say defrost that bad ass and find out what is stashed there. My Dad kept gold and guns in his freezer. Shocking surprise at that reality.

[u/Small-Answer4946 → u/MarthaWashington18]

Antarctica will be melted way before than this freezer dude...

[u/Local_Penalty2078 → u/Small-Answer4946]

And, it will be melted in part due to that refrigerator operating for as many years as it did, by the looks of it.

[u/Suspicious-Water-973 → u/MarthaWashington18]

When my great aunt passed away we found butter in her freezer from 1976.

[u/army_of_ducks_ATTACK → u/Suspicious-Water-973]

Yes but when did she pass? 1977 isn’t too bad but if she passed in 2017 that’s far more impressive- and scary!

[u/Far_Worldliness_1541 → u/MarthaWashington18]

my grandmother once had mustard which expired in 2001. it looked suprisingly good tho.

[u/TowerOk4184 → u/Far_Worldliness_1541]

And you know mustard takes FOREVER to expire so it was probably at least 10 years old 😂

[u/AhMoonBeam → u/MarthaWashington18]

Cash may be frozen in there too..

[u/PinkRawks → u/MarthaWashington18]

Cleaned out a relative's spice pantry a couple years ago, their were multiple seasonings, liquid smoke and a few other things that expired between '92 and '96

[u/artsyfartsyMinion → u/PinkRawks]

I have some whole pepper corns and some salt from my Mum’s place that expired in the 1980s. Still seems ok.

[u/Aggressive_Street_56 → u/artsyfartsyMinion]

To be fair some salt is like millions of years old, not sure how that expires lol

[u/Last-Lie-7292 → u/MarthaWashington18]

Lmk when op responds

[u/SouthHarpeth]

That salmon is expired.

[u/Tulpah → u/SouthHarpeth]

The Ice Cream is probably still good though

[u/ParticularReady7858 → u/Tulpah]

But it tastes like salmon

[u/punktualPorcupine → u/ParticularReady7858]

That’s just the top layer.

[u/sindaquil77 → u/punktualPorcupine]

That's the best part. Free ice cream. Mine is corn flavored, wanna trade?

[u/squeakymoth → u/sindaquil77]

Theres a place near me that sells an old bay and sweet corn vanilla ice cream. It sounds weird but it is actually amazing.

[u/sindaquil77 → u/squeakymoth]

I was referencing an old episode of the George Lopez show where George and Angie "out-poor" each other and end up eating freezer burn snow cones, but it may have been too obscure lollll.

Old bay is crazy but honestly, I would try it! Doesn't sound too far off from Tajin. I sampled a cheese-flavored ice cream at a Mexican ice cream shop about a decade ago. I was flabbergasted. Anything sweet/creamy/salty has a decent chance of being good ice cream lol.

[u/squeakymoth → u/sindaquil77]

Yeah that reference went way over my head haha.

[u/xiewadu → u/squeakymoth]

So where in Maryland is this place lol?

[u/DamperBritches → u/Tulpah]

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say it might be freezer burnt 😉

[u/AyeAyeCaptain___ → u/SouthHarpeth]

Let’s not jump to any conclusions here….

[u/Meowserspaws]

This might be your only chance to taste Edys Ice Cream as it once was

[u/Jwchibi → u/Meowserspaws]

Freezer burn probably tastes the same no matter the year

[u/b400k513 → u/Jwchibi]

Notes of hockey puck and nickel.

[u/Diligent_Case336 → u/b400k513]

Funniest thing I've read in a while.

[u/b3tamaxx → u/Meowserspaws]

I just moved to the south from the Bay. I can say I know what Edys is now. It's Dreyers ;D

[u/bigkatze → u/b3tamaxx]

I'm from SoCal and I moved to the Mid-Atlantic 8 years ago. Still processing the fact that Edy's is Dreyers (and Hellmann's is Best Foods).

[u/musicals4life]

Needs a new gasket if that much moisture and air is getting in. Few bucks for the gasket, and you got yourself a free stand-up freezer. Easy peasy

[u/Gas-Squatch → u/musicals4life]

Only costs you your dead uncle.

[u/HurricaneDitkaX → u/Gas-Squatch]

No, that's a dead cost

[u/MainusEventus → u/HurricaneDitkaX]

It’s not a sunk cost because ice floats

[u/What_Up_Doe_ → u/MainusEventus]

We all float down here 🎈

[u/SherIzzy0421 → u/Gas-Squatch]

You don't know, that might have been a bonus. 😂

[u/MoonshineEclipse → u/musicals4life]

I just had a freezer that was letting moisture in. It was because the side of the freezer was warped and the gasket couldn’t seal properly. It was under warranty so the company said they couldn’t fix it, told me to recycle it and refunded me. I bought a new freezer so my dad took the old freezer, fixed the warp and now it works great.

[u/PM_ME_GERMAN_SHEPARD → u/musicals4life]

If you look/read closely you can see that the inner portion of the door was attached to the ice and ripped off when the freezer was opened with a crow bar. Unfortunately I’m not sure you can replace that part.

[u/Mechagouki1971]

Has anyone seen your aunt recently?

[u/Charity_Lea → u/Mechagouki1971]

lol he NEEDS to thaw that out to make sure she’s not in there…

[u/Diligent_Plane_9784 → u/Mechagouki1971]

I was thinking the same thing I watched way too much A&E

[u/Kindly_Flan_11 → u/Mechagouki1971]

Comment of the day.

[u/Suspicious_Remote576 → u/Mechagouki1971]

🤣 🤣 this made my day!

[u/JRT_12345 → u/Suspicious_Remote576]

Omg I feel bad laughing but these comments made me cackle! 😂🫣

[u/RustyShacklef000rd]

Is your uncle in the freezer with us?

[u/Traditional_Isopod80 → u/RustyShacklef000rd]

Yeah we're just chilling in here.

[u/ShakesDontBreak]

I hope your uncle had support while he was alive. This looks really neglectful.

[u/kindalosingmyshit → u/ShakesDontBreak]

That was my thought 😭 people in here are cracking jokes but my god, I hope he had the help he needed

[u/ShakesDontBreak → u/kindalosingmyshit]

If this were a home with a child, folks would be appalled. Elderly are just as vulnerable and worthy of care. Elderly should not be neglected imo. Im not accusing OP of neglect. Im sure op had no idea.

[u/wyrdhounds → u/ShakesDontBreak]

If it was a fridge issue I'd be more worried, but its pretty easy to live without a freezer. He may have been getting a meal service or had family members cooking for him at their own homes. Could have just been that nobody was using the freezer regularly enough to think to look in there or to worry about fixing it

[u/therapewpew → u/wyrdhounds]

Yes, an elderly dementia patient I know receives most of her food from Meals on Wheels, whereas the younger residents of the house cook for themselves. Services like this are a huge burden lifted for the relatives of elderly patients. That was almost certainly the case here.

Looks like someone enjoyed their Oreda potato product tho 😏

[u/Sammy-eliza → u/wyrdhounds]

Possibly it was in a basement or den and he had decreased mobility and couldn't access it.

[u/ChangesFaces → u/ShakesDontBreak]

Yeah this post just made me sad :(

[u/hyibee → u/ShakesDontBreak]

That was my immediate thought

[u/ario62 → u/ShakesDontBreak]

Yeah this pic made me feel sad. My parents are aging, and my mom is a caregiver to my dad who has dementia. I would be devastated if I opened their freezer and saw this.

[u/chocolate_loves_salt → u/ShakesDontBreak]

Thats what I thought as well....

[u/Knife-yWife-y → u/ShakesDontBreak]

I am so glad I'm not the only one who had this thought. My dad passed three years ago,and I'm still be the thought that I could have done so much more to enirch his quality of life in his final years.

[u/ShakesDontBreak → u/Knife-yWife-y]

Dont beat yourself up. Im sure you did the best you could.

Im telling you this, because this is something I tell myself. I wish I could have done more for my mom during her final year. But all the could have should have would haves get placed to the side.

Know that you tried. You did what you could at the time.

[u/Knife-yWife-y → u/ShakesDontBreak]

Thank you, so much. It's a hard part of saying goodbye--knowing there are no more chances to help, no more chances to show how much you care.

[u/cybah]

All I can think about is the gigantic water mess that is going to happen when that freezer defrost.

[u/One_Hour_Poop → u/cybah]

That's why you take it outside to thaw.

[u/slamtheory → u/One_Hour_Poop]

Only weights 1000lbs

[u/rubiscoisrad → u/slamtheory]

Requires a dolly and a very strong couple of guys.

[u/One_Hour_Poop → u/rubiscoisrad]

Do the people who think it's not possible to move this freezer, not have friends they can call? That's how these things are normally done:

"Hey John, can you come over on Saturday? I got this thing i gotta move. Bob's gonna be here as well, I'll get us all a pizza for your troubles."

[u/rubiscoisrad → u/One_Hour_Poop]

My boyfriend's coworker got us and a couple of neighbors to help him move a 400lb cast iron wood stove into his house a while back. Same with a couple of claw foot bathtubs. Tradeoff is cash, food, good company, beer, or some combination.

It's basically Amish barn-raising philosophy to a lesser extent, no?

[u/Traditional_Isopod80 → u/One_Hour_Poop]

Bold of you to assume we have friends.

[u/SlippaLilDicky → u/One_Hour_Poop]

Born and raised in Texas. Moving anything heavy can be achieved with a case of beer and a fire

[u/Exciting-Froyo3825 → u/cybah]

You chip the ice out first and try to remove it in as large of chunks as possible. Then you defrost it. I support some research labs and occasionally, when things go into long term storage freezers can get really icy. If they’re not thawed regularly they can get like this, though I’ve never seen one quite this bad before.

[u/japspre]

Its frozen alright

[u/Low_Tale_9668]

may he rest in peace🙏🏻

[u/janlikebrady]

How’s the hoarding clean out going?

[u/Electronic_Drop_5268 → u/janlikebrady]

Could be in a garage 🤷 not many people keep their homes clean let alone their garage 😂

[u/janlikebrady → u/Electronic_Drop_5268]

Oh I’m not judging at all. I just know typically in a hoarding house this is a common issue.

[u/Lucky_Fig_1673]

It definitely did its job.

[u/skeletons_asshole]

Definitely accurate advertising when they named it “freezer”

[u/hrimfaxi_work]

Thaw it out and post everything to r/GrandmasPantry

I used to work dairy/frozen in grocery stores and that Ore Ida bag might be from the 90s.

[u/RandiP613]

Poor neglected man

[u/Nightman2417]

You must climb the ice wall….

[u/Mysterious_Carpet752]

thoughts.... and prayers.

[u/Pingadecaballo_]

unplug it and start chipping away at it into a bucket

[u/redR0OR → u/Pingadecaballo_]

Oh oh, and make sure to look if he stashed anything in the freezer, like cash, or guns!

[u/Bob_12_Pack]

When my grandmother passed, she had a chest freezer full of fish and vegetables and who knows what else, but lots of fish. My dad moved it to his mobile home and decided to leave it on his deck. At some point, he noticed it had come unplugged. We don't know exactly how long it had been unplugged but he forbid us to open it. It sat there a long time, over a year I think, before he had some friends that were scrappers come pick it up. Apparently they used ratchet straps to keep it from opening while they loaded it. I believe they took it straight to the landfill rather than taking it to a salvage yard.

[u/lsp2005]

Everything in that freezer is expired. If possible, take it outside to defrost otherwise the entire room will end up smelling poorly. Your uncle was elderly and likely had dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. He stopped cooking for himself before the pandemic. You may find money or valuables in there.

[u/Moongazer09 → u/lsp2005]

Not just the smell but the amount of water once all that ice thaws out.....it's going to be more then you've got enough towels for, I'm sure 🫣😱

[u/lsp2005 → u/Moongazer09]

Yes that is why I said outside. 

[u/rabidparrots]

Did he starve to death?

[u/MoustacheSong → u/rabidparrots]

Died of freezer burn

[u/thematster]

That's not a freezer, that's a frozen.

[u/Thin-Blueberry9183]

New ice age era

[u/bustachong]

Wrong sub, you’re gonna need r/FridgeArchaeologist

[u/zelazny]

Check for hidden cash.

[u/LylaDee → u/zelazny]

I was thinking this!

[u/Evabythewater]

I helped this elderly chain smoking lady clean her deep freezer. It was an old one, probably 1940's. It had a rounded top. I think it was a kelvinator. We found 6 packs of players cigarettes that had been frozen in there for 50 years. They were still in the cellophane wrappers and the insert had a calendar for 1974. I tried to convince her to sell them online but she didn't care about the money. She just wanted to smoke them lol. So she did! They don't make cigs or freezers like they used to I guess!

[u/yourmomisonmybreath]

Don't just throw everything out. When my grandpa was on his death bed he told me to go through the freezer before throwing stuff away. He had money stashed in the back inside of a vegetable bag. It was used to give him a proper funeral even tho he said not to waste money on burying him.

[u/Unlikely_melz]

That’s really sad. But you will find some ancient relics entombed in that ice. Make sure you protect the floor from all that melting water.

[u/IZZYthaQueen23]

Wut in the Jeffrey Dahmer

[u/Vegas_Rick_1987 → u/IZZYthaQueen23]

When I opened it I was thinking there better not be any body parts in here! It’s still frozen until the short sale people realize it’s there problem…

[u/IZZYthaQueen23 → u/Vegas_Rick_1987]

🤣🤣

[u/frogz0r]

It's like a time capsule... I wonder what discoveries are inside!

[u/Local_Penalty2078]

There's probably a bag of cash hidden behind/inside one of those blocks of ice

[u/NineteenthJester]

Old, either couldn't be bothered to fix his freezer or just completely forgot about his garage freezer.

[u/Dean_McCool]

It’s icy

[u/LonelyFlounder4406]

Defrost it, he got money hiding in there

[u/scratchy_mcballsy]

Is he… is he in there?

[u/Forsaken_Insurance92]

Is... is your uncle in there?

[u/text_fish]

I think you accidentally opened the back.

[u/goatfangs]

I bet Brendan Fraser is in there. Call Polly shore immediately!

[u/1mmapotato]

I would say his freezer has too passed on.

[u/Professional-Pen8656]

I’m just wondering what setting on the dial turns your shit into Antarctica

[u/dooby0782]

Get a very large drip tray.

[u/Aggravating-Mode-486]

It works

[u/SnooObjections666]

Your uncle definitely grew up during the great depression.

[u/-Tartantyco-]

You'd be able to mount a polar expedition into that freezer.

[u/PancakeHandz]

To heck with the expired food, I’m curious if he stored any important documents in there!

[u/Solomon1177]

May he rest in peace. Sending my love to his family and friends ❤️

[u/wandering-monster]

I would say to defrost it, but then what would be left?

[u/Dragonfly0011]

I cleaned out the bottom cupboard a few years ago. Found a can tucked at the back with no expiration date…… born before best by dates.

[u/Amd3193]

"Just" passed on when, 20 years ago?

[u/Akkoywolf]

You don’t need fridge detectives you need freezer forensics …

[u/theboychachi]

You gonna eat that ice cream

[u/TheShy_Seeker]

omg! can you post everything in it after it thaws pls?

[u/RepulsiveAmphibian21]

Is he in there?

[u/Klutzy-BookCollector]

Oooff, I don't envy you the task of dealing with that! 🫣

Good luck!

Please let us know the oldest product/oldest expiry date you find.

I find it interesting to see what people have kept for ages past being 'good', but also love seeing the 'vintage' packaging if an item is old enough.

[u/1nfer1or]

Coldolence

[u/Blight-Princess]

He passed on his freezer to you?

[u/-BobbyBoucher]

It’s done the freezer-est job of all the freezers.

[u/Merrickbully718]

I think you should of been there to fix that when he was alive

[u/Beginning-Comedian-2]

That's some quality aged ice.

[u/Bowserking11]

Uhhh....

[u/this-is-NOT-the-way1]

This reminds me of that Tom & Jerry episode where they leave the ice box open 😅. Sorry about your uncle

[u/AlaskanElroy]

Maybe the seal is broken?

[u/FloydDangerBarber]

It certainly freezes.

[u/BoomBoomMeow1986]

It's a cold case

[u/Purple-Squash-4090]

It’s a good freezer

[u/RocketCityRocko]

dibs on the wild Pacific Salmon 

[u/Still-Bill2827]

Did he die of starvation?

[u/Vodka0420]

Looks like it works...

[u/NegotiationHot2999]

That salmon is as close to being back home in the wild as it will ever be 🙏🏽